One naïve choice can and does change the course of one gently-bred girl’s life forcing her to take the long, painful road to lasting happiness and romance. Over the years, Amy D’Orazio has dazzled me with her intriguing story setups, plot twists, and colorful characters and A Folly of Youth was no exception. A Folly […]
Hidden in plain sight right alongside the human world of Regency England is a darker, edgier shadow world of powerful vampires and Jane Austen’s classic gets a blood infusion. A Pride & Prejudice Vampire Romance variation? I’m game. Tempt Me opens with Fitzwilliam Darcy, Master vampire on the hunt for a rogue vampire, Wickham, who […]
Was anyone else ever curious about those eight years spent apart for Jane Austen’s second chance romance pair in Persuasion? Or maybe what happened next for them and the other characters? How about their time before the big break up? A new to me author, Lyndsay Constable answers all those questions with her heartwarming, reflective […]
A gentleman experiences an apoplexy when he discovers his sister in a rake’s arms and a disowned young woman is his savior when his relatives are close to declaring him mad. Lavished with drama and a touch of the gothic, this latest of Julie Cooper’s Pride and Prejudice variations raised my expectation and didn’t disappoint. […]
Feeling he has failed as a guardian, when his young sister is duped and possibly ravaged by a fiend, a world-weary gentleman of wealth and position escapes to a friend’s country estate and finds what he never thought was possible. I’ve enjoyed Susan Adriani’s Pride & Prejudice variations in the past, so I got comfy […]
Nearly compromised into a forced marriage with a conniving woman he can barely stand, he desperately spouts the first thing he can think of to rescue himself. Engaged to someone else. But, then he must follow through with the charade. Only, it is no longer a charade when the young lady in question discovers her […]
What if Mr. Darcy was blinded while saving Elizabeth’s life and they were trapped in a cave in? Now, doesn’t that change up things for Jane Austen’s most famous love story? I’ve enjoyed KaraLynne Mackrory’s variations in the past, for the layered characters and engaging plot, and so was eager to settle in for this […]
A big, suspenseful opening scene, full of danger and dark repercussions, captured my attention from the start and made me eager to see how this altered those first damaging impressions this pair formed of each other and how they would overcome this new devastating conflict. As a lover of Jane Austen’s novels and other writings, […]
What if Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy met under different, more favorable circumstances? A new journey of love awaits this pair and those around them, but there is still enough of his pride and her prejudice to add a bit of spice to the story. This is my second encounter with a Catherine Lodge Pride […]
A widower who wed for duty the first time and pressured by family to wed for the same reason once again, finds himself attracted to a vivacious young lady who he must persuade is not a duty to him. Characters and scenes from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice grace this newest release by an author […]